MFC 40 ‘Crowned Kings’ Gets 3 New Bouts for May 9 Event in Edmonton

Three new fights are now official for the Maximum Fighting
Championship’s upcoming 40th
event.

MFC officials announced late Tuesday that Jonatas
Novaes will square off with fellow lightweight Andrew
McInnes at the May 9 event, which takes place at the Shaw
Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The evening’s main card
airs live on AXS TV and fill feature three championship fights,
including a lightweight title headliner between Kurt
Southern and Tom
Gallicchio.

The event will also showcase a 155-pound showdown between Marcus
Edwards and Aaron
Gallant, as well as a rescheduled light heavyweight
confrontation pitting Sean O’Connell against Victor
Valimaki, who were originally supposed to collide at MFC 39
before Valimaki took ill.

Novaes, 32, has gone 1-1 since joining the MFC last year,
submitting Southern in his promotional debut only to fall in their
rematch this past October, with Southern scoring a first-round
technical knockout over “Peixe Frito” at MFC 38.

McInnes holds just five pro fights to his credit but rides four
consecutive victories into his second MFC appearance. “Andrewconda”
most recently competed on Jan. 17, submitting onetime WSOF talent
Dan
Ring with a rear-naked choke at MFC 39.